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The Omaha Daily Bee THE OMAHA DEE ta th moat powerful buHlce" patter In th west. btca,ns It goea to thm hornet of poor and rich. Fcr NYbrnsfc Partly cloudy. For low Generally "fair . For weather report I'ape 2- VOL. XXXIX-NO. 1S8. OMAIIA, TIIUILSDAY MOKNIXO, FEBRUARY 17, 1910 TEN PAGES. -K3 SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. TAFT DEMANDS PROMPT ACTION Niece of Elkins Tries Suicide; Tcils Friends UAPiRIMAN LINES NOT COMPETITIVE Mr. Stubbs Says Union and Southern Pacific Never Were Rivals in Eeal Sense of Word. HERB DOCTOR IN SVVOPECASE Colored toan Tells of Rtceiving- Lnrje Sums for Treating Members of Family with "Yarbs." Announcement Made at Party is Taken as a Joke by Acquaintances. President is Dissatisfied with rrog resi Congress is Making on Platform Measures. LEADERS AT WHITE HOUSE Men in Charge of Important Sills Summoned for Conference. SENATE COMMITTEES SLOW Chairmen Tell President They Cannot Get Members to Meet. MAY SEND SPECIAL MESy l nlrti Informal Conferences Prodi Decided Hesults Chief Executive v Mar Take Drastic Mn are Himself. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. The plow progress being made by congress In depos ing of the Important measure which the president haa specially urged upon its at tention la causing him extreme dissatisfac tion and ha Is taking; measures to let that fact be known. Today he wu called upon at the White House, presumably at his own request, by several legislators In charge of the various measures and th rieceaslty for prompt action, at least upon some of tho minor matters of legislation, was strongly urged by him. Among these was Senator Beverldge, chairman of the committee on territories, who la looking after the Alaska territorial bill; Senator Carter, who Is fathering the postal savings bank bill; Senator Borah, who baa distinguished himself by his active opposition to some of the features of the latter measure, and Representative Hayes, ranked aa an Insurgent, whose old might be helpful In securing united action by the republican majority In the hous'j upon campaign platform pledges. It la believed the president desires that euch measures as the ArUona and New Mexico statehood bill, the Alaskan terri torial bill and others of comparatively minor Importance be acted upon at once In order to clear the way for some of the j-'arger suDjecis, ai leasi muse ueiy iu f give rise to prolonged discussion and con troversy. Senator Beveildge Is said to have re ported that he found difficulty in getting his committee together to dispose of busi ness, and a similar ooniplalnt comes from other Quartert. The president will continue his personal Investigations with the varioua leaders In the sanate and house, and If this course does not .x.ll to promote speedy action In congress on tho measures referred to. It Is possible that he may feel called upon to send a special masage to congress, placing the responrlblllty where It belongs. . (Sarfleld on Onllin-r tillla. A h.earlg,,t'Sa, wol given by the full ' committee' on public 'lands to former Sec retary of the' Interior James R. Garfield, Ha discussed chiefly the bill relating to the development of water power through the i leasing of the public land adjacent to the jrvater. As a general principle he approved the proposition of Secretary Balinger, but sug gested a number of changes which con vince the eommltteo that attention must be given to the questions Involved. Mi Garfield is of tho opinion that the water power should be developed by co operation of the federul and state govern ments. He endorsed tho suggestion of leasing the public landa adjacent to water sites to concerns which will undertake to develop power under conditions that will prevent monopoly. He suggested that 25 per cent of the proceeds from rentals should be paid by the national government to the atatea In which the power la de veloped. "Why not 75 per cent?" asked Senator Smoot. Mr. Garfield said that he had named 26 per cent, as that was the amount the states received from proceeds of forest re serve rentals. Mr. Smoot called attention to the fact that It waa costly to administer forest re aerves. while It cost little to lease lands for water power development. Mr. Gar field then said he thought the states should receive 76 per cent of tho rentals. FATALITIES FOLLOW STATE - CAPITOL GRAFT CASES John 13. Stott, Chief Wltn, Found Dead In Bnthtub at Ilarrlsbura;. Is HARRISBURG, Fa., Feb. 16. The strange fatality that has pursued some of the prin cipal figures In the capltol scandal waa again brought to public mind today, when John E. Stott, one of the chief witnesses In the case, waa found dead In the bath room of the bouse where he made bis home while In Ilarrlnburg. He la Uie aixth man in the cose to die. His deathSvaa due to heart trouble. Stott was secretary of the Board of Pub lic Grounds and Buildings, which let many of the contracts for furnishing the capitol that brought more than a doxen men to tha bar of Justice. He waa a witnesa In two trials and waa to take the stand In the case of Joseph M. Huston, architect of the capi tol, whose trtul will come up next month. Two of the six men who died were under a two years' sentence, one was awaiting trial and two were Important wttnessea. lit sides these one of the many men under Indictment has been confined in an insane asylum. SENATE MAY KILL POSTAL BILL Friends of Measure Frit I'.ffert of Senator Root's Bond Amendment. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -Unless Senator Root can be Induced to withdraw or ma terially modify his amendment to the postal savings bank bill, requiring the Invest ment of postal deposits In United States . bonds that measure probably will be de feated In the senate. The Mends of the bill practically admit that thla Is the situa tion. NINE-DOLLAR HOGS AT K. C. New nih rteeerd Is Fstabllshed for the Third , Consecutive Hay. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 1 -For the third conttcutlve day a new hog recorj waa established at tha local mnrket today when the'fj mark was reahed. Several car load! brought tins prlco. KANSAS CITT. Feb. 11. Miss Agnea El kins. a niece of Fnited State Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia, shot herself today at her room at a local hotel. The bullet passed through her bodv b.low the heart. The physicians believe she has J a chance for life. A note found on the dressing table read: ,"1 am tired of life and have no home or "nds." - ss Elkins la 25 years old. Her mother j t' about a year ago, and shortly after- ' ' n went o New York against the I " t ber relatives In this city to apply f. ngagement on the stage. Srnator duced her to visit him at Elkins, j but could not change her de- ; to become an actres. She I weeks ago to prosecute a against the Metropolitan compnny for $25,000 injuri-s r ,ear ago, but the case was pot i. Why Misa Elkins tried to end her life Is not known. She bought a revolver yes terday and Inter wrote several letters. Last night she entertained friends In her apartment and told them, as they believed, Jokingly, that she was considering suicide. They laughed at her. After the revolver shot was heard Miss Elkins was fourjd lying across the bed. Japan Pleased at Tariff Action Papers Also Profess to Believe Hayes Exclusion Bill Will Not Pass. TOKIO, Feb. 16. The announcement that the United States will grant Its minimum tariff rates to Japan, which was communi cated to the foreign office by American Ambassador O'Brien and published In all the newspapers, has been received by the commercial Interests of the empire with the liveliest satisfaction. It was stated at the foreign office today that the Japanese government never had doubted that the United States would thus reciprocate, proving to the world that America desired the best of trade relation!, with thla country. COUNT BONI'S PARENTS MOW ARE SUING ANNA GOULD Demand She Par Annuity of 1)13,000 Settled on Them When Sho Mnrrted Son. PARIS,' Feb. 16. The Marquis and Mar-qubjo-, De Caatellane have instituted suit against' the' Princees .De 8gan for li,ef back annunltles which they allege the count and counteaa In the marriage settle ment of 1R98 engaged themselves to pay at the rate of $5,600 a year. This annunlty was paid until the Count and Counters Da Caatellane were divorced when the count ess, who waa formerly Miss Anna Gould, refused to contribute further to the sup port of her husband's parents. M. Bonnet argued the caao on behalf of the plaintiffs today and M. Clemenceau will reply a week from today. DR. ELBERT VL CLARK DEAD Leading; Iowa Man Pa sues Avrnr at Grlnnell After Long: Public Service. GRINNELL, la., Feb. 16. (Special Tele gram.) Dr. Elbert Warren Clark died here today of heart exhaustion after a long Ill ness. He was nearly 68 years old. He re ceived a severe Injury from a fall two yeara ago and haa never been well alnce. He leaves a wlfo and one aon. A public funeral will probably be Held Friday aft ernoon. Dr. Clark cama to Grlnnell In 1871 and married Martha C. Bralnard three years later. He was a trustee of Iowa college and state senator from the Poweshiek dis trict at the time of his death. He was for flvo terms a member of the city council of Grlnnell, twice mayor, a member of the library board, president of the school board for six yeara, and president of the Iowa State Medical aoclety. He waa rep resentative from Poweshiek county In the Thirty-first general assembly. Aa a medical practitioner he waa widely known and of high repute. REV. MR. WARE AGAIN ON RANCH t'lrrarymnn Imprisoned for Land Fencing; Also Rrsnines Work In Church. SIOUX FALLS. S. D., Feb. 16.-(Special. Some Interesting information concerning Rev. G. C. Ware, . formerly a pastor at Rapid City and other towna In the Black Hills, who some months ago completed a term In Jail for alleged land frauds In west ern Nebraska, was given during a business visit to South Dakota by E. E. Long of Mullen, Neb. Long statea that Rev. Mr. Ware Is again living on his ranch near Mullen, and each Sunday goes to Mullen and holds religious services In one of the churches. He has organized several other churches In that region and, according to Mr. Long. Is doing a great deal of good. Long states that Rev. Mr. Ware, having been tried out, haa a fellow feeling for a I man who is down and out, and that a large number of auch men in the region Just Six Drinks Tie Up the RAWLINS. Wjo.. Feb. 16. Six drinka of whisky, distributed equally between two telegraph operator at Dana, tied up the whole Union Pacific syatm In Wyoming Saturday, according to admissions made to day by the railroad officials. The operators were not until Saturday familiar with the effecte of whisky, and did not Imagine that such a small amount could put them "under the table." The day was Lincoln's birthday and they decided drinking whisky was tha only projier way of celebrating. "Let's go after more boose," suggested one of them efter tha celebration had progressed so far us tha six drinks. NO COMPETITION TO ELIMINATE Says Each Line Had Class of Business of Its Own. HAWLEY'S NAME BROUGHT IN Witness Says Colorado Magnate Did Not Understand Situation. BUSINESS OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC Through Traffic from Atlantic Sea board to Portland and Asiatic Business Over Same Route Only Nominal. NEW YORK. Feb. IS. -J. C. Stubbs, gen eral traffic director, and E. J. Spence, eastern general freight managor for the Harrlman lines, both testified today that there was no real competition between the Southern and Union Pacific railroads prior to their amalgamation in 1901 by the lato E. H. Harrlman. The United Statea gov ernment la suing for a dissolution of" the Harrlman merger, on the ground that both roads arc compe.lng lines, barred by federal statute from uniting to lelmlnate compe tition. In support of his contention that two lines could serve the same terminal! and yet not compete for business, Mr. Stubbs cited the traffic over the "Shasta Route" (Southern Pacific) and the Oregon Trans portation company, a water route, between San Francisco and Portland, Ore, The steamship service, he aald, was better than the railroad service, except that It waa not dally, and the railroad In -Its growth took nothing from the tseamshlp line, but originated new business. Therefore the two lines did not compete. "We made an effort to get some of thla business," said Mr. Stubbs, "but we gave it up and quit, and that waa before the merger." Edwin Hawley's name waa brought Into the testimony when Mr. Stubbs declared that in his opinion there waa no real com petition between the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific's gulf route to points In Colorado and Utah. Attorney Severance for the government called Mr. Stubbs' attention to tha fact that Mr. Hawley had declared when a witness that the Colorado and Utah busi ness was aa eagerly sought by the South ern Pacific aa the Union Pacific. "Mr. Hawley Is a oompetent man, but I don't think he understood what the term competition means. If he though a moment he would not have anewere that way," aald Mr. Stubbs. ' , Mr. Spence testified that 'tha Southern Pacific had never been a serious factor In the coast to coast trade. It waa the vol ume of business originating In the south and southwest, ha aald, that made the "Sunset Route" (Southern Pacific) a faotor In California. The business of the South ern Pacific between the Atlantic seaboard and Portland, Ore., for 1900, h said, was only .16 of 1 per oont. of the company's total, the Colorado-Utah business only .63 of 1 per cjfnt and the Aalatlo business of the company over the same route only .05 of 1 per cent. C. A. Severance for the government of fered a formal objection of these figures when he got the witness to add that they were supplied to him by an auditor and that he could not personally vouch for their accuracy. Part Played By Independent Packing Houses Federal Grand Jury Will Try to Determine What Portion of Bus iness They Handle. CHICAGO, Feb. 16. How many "Inde pendent" packing houses are there In this country and what proportion of the meat business do they handle?" This wllljbe the trend of questioning to morrow by the federal grand Jury, which Is hearing evidence In the government In vestigation of the called Beef Trust. At the closa of today's session Patrick. Bren- nan, president of the Independent Packing company was summoned to appear. With evidence already obtained from James A. Agar, president of the Western Packing and Provision company, one so-called "in dependent," It is expected the Jurors will be put Into possslon of facta relative to what competition, if any, has existed in the meat business. Since 1903, It was de clared by a lawyer in the case today, the "Independents" have flourished under a writ Issued by Judge Grosscup enjoining the packera from aklng advantage of their position to wreck smaller concerns. Tha con-sequence waa said the lawyer .that the little packers were able to buy cattle and hogs at the same price paid by the big packers and were also able to sell divssed meat at te same price aa the big packers. This waa offered aa an argument that no trust exists .although both buying and tiling prices appeared to be without the element of competition. of Whisky Union Pacific "Sure." agreed the other. "But how about the trains?" . "I'll fix "em," said the first, and he at once swung the red signal board to hold all the fast mall trains, and hung out a signal on the station door, saying: "Thla station Is closed.' "Now, then," said the second operator, "th'.a Is Lincoln's birthday, and the Union Pacific will have to get along without ua for today." A good time waa had by the operators, but the road officials, could not see things the way they did, and the two were ar rested. They will be prosecuted, charged with delaying the mail. WmJjsr susfes; &rM From the Cleveland Leader. SHIRT TOO SMALL FOR TAFT Indian Scout Holds Pack Present He v Planned to Give. GOVERNMENT TOWN LOT SALE Will Begin Auctioning; Them Off April 8 la Rupert, In Southedu Idaho Irrigation Dis trict. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. Escorted by Commissioner Valentine of the Immigra tion bureau and General Indian Supervisor Holcombe, fourteen representatives of the Crow Indiana of Montana came to the White House today to protest to the presi dent against the opening of their reserva tion to settlement aa proposed In a bill In troduced In the senate by Senator ' Dixon. One of the members of tha party, an old Indian, who had been a scout of Custer, had brought with him an elaborately em broidered war shirt for the president, but at tha eight of the proportions of Mr. Taft and having In mind the dlmlnutiva else of the ahirt he refrained from presenting his offering. Work on Dsvat Suspeuded. Owing, to, cold weather work haa been temporarily suspended on tha Belle Fotirohe dam, but fifty men and thirty teams are engaged on a out below the tunnel In the south oanal and It la ur oted . thla work will b. finished by tfc- unff 'of tmy nf birth. A. large force of men Is employed by the contractors of .the Belle Fourche Valley railroad building bridges across 'the Red Water and Belle Fourche rlvera. Owl creek and Indian creek laterals. Town Lot Sale.' Little towns have sprung up so quickly In the once arid deserts where v Uncle Sam haa established Irrigation projects that not only farm lands are in demand, but town lota are selling at fair prices. Business openings In those placea which seem prom ising are being reported to the reclamation service. In the new town of Rupert, In the Mini doka project in southern Idaho, the gov ernment will begin auctioning town lots on April 8. They are 60x140 each and have already been appraised at from 125 to 176 each. The village haa a population of 600, Is In corporated and Is on a railroad. Cheap power Is developed from a government dam and contracts for supplying some of it for lighting Rupert and for commercial and manufacturing purposes have been approved by the secretary of the interior. Rupert already has an $18,000 public school, aeveral fraternal societies, five churches and a womau'a culture club. The First National, bank of Naper, Neb., haa been authorised to begin business, with $25,000 capital. J. M. Flannegan is presi dent, Q. A. Erickson vice president, C. G. Crosby cashier. John V. Fry was appointed postmaster at Fernald, Story county, la., vice R. Hllburn, resigned. Albert E. Feuerhelm, appointed rural car rier route 1, at Dolton, S. D. Iowa Trartlon Men See Taft. A delegation of Interstate electric rail road officials told the president today that they strongly objected to that pro vision In the Interstate Commerce act, pending before congress, to exclude such roads from the operations of the Interstate Commerce law. At present they have the right under certain conditions to force the steam railroads to make Joint ratei with them and to exchange traffic and they wish to retain this privilege. - Repre sentative Pickett of Iowa Introduced the delegation, which included W. J. Ferria (Continued oa Second Page.) A waiter in a res who . had stenogra taurant, learned phy, found a po sition yesterday through a Bee want ad. The little treasures will find places for boys and girls, because business men requiring help are scanning them religiously, morning and evening. A Bee want nd will do won ders. It places you in touch with concerns and people, im possible to reach any other way. If you pay rent on a phone, it will be all right for you to call Doug. 238 for anything you wish, Had to Come to It. Roosevelt and Kcrmit Off on Elephant Hunt Ex-President Leaves Main Expedition in Search for Big Game Along; Congo. OONDOKORO, twuaan, on the Upper Nile, Feb. 16. The Smithsonian Afri can scientific expedition Is expected to arrive here at 10 o'clock to morrow morning. Definite news as to the hour of arrival was brought by a special runner who reached here today. Colonel Roosevelt and Kermlt Roosevelt left the expedition for a day's hunting of elephant and giant elands of Rokaf, on the Congo side of the Bar-El-Jabel. Rokaf la a few miles to the aouth and west of this place and the hunters have Invaded tha territory upon the special and eagerly accepted Invitation of the Belgian authori ties. Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit are ac companied in the Congo by E. B. Haddon, the British district commissioner, stationed at Mpuma, Uganda. Cotmmlasloner Haddon met the expedi tion at Kirlba camp, sixteen miles to the south of Gondokoro. A commodious brick house has been placed at tha disposal of Mr. RooVevelt. Nina runners In .the van of the expedi tion have arrived. ........ Tug Seen Sunday Was Not the Nina Hope Raised by Report of Steamer Bayview Proves to Be Groundless. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The tug re ported to have been spoken off Montauk Point on Sunday by the ateamer Bayview and which was thought to be the Nina, was the naval tug Apache. The fate of the missing Nina Is as much of a mystery aa ever. Naval offlcera this morning expressed themselves as of the opinion that the Nina had gone down at aea with all on board. While the search will be continued for aome lime It Is apparent that little or no hope Is entertained that the Nina ever again will be heard from. Taft Bills Before Land Committee Hearings on Consevation Measures Will Be Held Before Sub committee. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 All of the ad ministration bills providing for the con servation of natural resources will be con sidered by a subcommittee of the senate committee on public lands to be com posed of Senators Smoot, chairman ; Clarke of Wyoming, Dixon, Chamberlain and Hughes. Hearings will be given. TILLMAN TAKENJUDDENLY ILL Attack, Due to Old Complaint of Hardening; of Arteries, Declared Not Serious. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. Senator Till man of South Carolina was taken sud denly 111 on the steps of the capltol today. Later he was removed to his home, where he Is now under the care of a physician. The attack Is aald to have been a recur rence of the senator's old trouble, harden ing of the arteries. His physician did not regard the attack as serious. Lato in the day at Senator Tillman's homo It waa said tho senator was feeling much better. Fifty Degrees Mercury in IXUISV1LLE, Ky., Feb. 16-The tem perature has fallen from 30 to 44 degrees since yesterday In northern Texaa, Okla homa, Kansas and Iowa. A remark iW.i drop la recorded at Abilene, Tex., wheia the temperature is 24 this moralrtf after an 82 registered yesterday. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Feb. 16-An ex treme fall in temperature, ranging from M degrees at Sedalia, Mo., where It was 8 above zero today, to 22 degrees at Fort Smith, Ark., where it was iA above, was recorded In the southwest during the last In parts of Kansas a blinding snow storm, accompanied by high winds, pre vails, and In northern Oklahoma sleet and a wind storm are reported. At Muskogee, Okl., telephone wires were prostrated by a violent electrical storm, accompanied by hall and aleet. XO PAROLE FOR BIG FORGER Effort to Free Former Peoria School master Ends Abruptly. PARDON BOARD IS INVALID Act Cr eat Ins: Body Declared Void by Supreme Court After Ifearlno; Beglna Case Is Sensa tional. JOLIET, III., Feb. 16. The appeal before the Stat3 Parole board for a parole for N. C. Dougherty was abruptly terminated to day upon the receipt of tidings of the au prenie court affecting the constitutionality of the Pardon board. Attorney General Stead notified the mem bers of the board that In his opinion Its further nets were Invalid. He announced j that ho had not studied the supreme court decision and would give a more definite opinion later. The frlonda of Dougherty, and the delegation from Peoria that had, come to oppose his plea for a parole, de parted for their homes tonight. PEORIA. III., Feb. IS. Surrounded by an array of strong witnesses, Robert Bcholes, state's attorney for thla county, left thla morning for Jollet, where ha will oppose tha petition for parole on the part of New ton C. Dougherty, convict No. S.B10, ex county superintendent - of schools, whose case will eome up before the parole board at S o'elooic this "afternoon. In his effort to fight the granting of a pardon Mr. Scholes Is accompanied by D. S. Long, president of the School board and first vice president of the Peoria Mer chants' association; former President J. M. Maple, members of the school board, and attorneys who handled the case which con victed Dougherty, and E. A. Pratt, who represented the Everett Auditing company of Chicago, together with membera of the press. There will be but two members of the pardon board at the hearing, Garrett de Forest Kinney, the Peoria member, having withdrawn on account of the local Interest. Should a pardon be granted at thla time Dougherty will In all probability be paroled to hla aon, Horace Dougherty, who Is now In Chicago. Mrs. Annie Edwards Dough erty, hla wife, and daughter, Misa Mabel, are also residents of Chicago. Newton C. Dougherty, who was super intendent of schools here, was Indloted five yeara ago, pleaded guilty to forgery of school funds to the amount of about $750,000 and waa given ti indeterminate sentence at Jollet penitentiary. His arrest caused a great sensation In financial, educational and social circles of the country. After he had Bervcd about a year at Jolylet, the safe of the school board was blown up in the library building, and "scrip" damaging to the Interests of Dougherty were secured. This Job was done, it is said, by Eddie Tate, a convict who had Just been released from Jollet, and It was charged the conspiracy was "hatched" and Instigated by Dougherty In tho penitentiary at that time. MANEUVERS AT MANILA BEGIN WITH ATTACK ON BLUES Nearly 10,000 Troops Will Be En gaged In Strstca-lo Movements In Philippines. MANILA. Feb. 10. The Blue army, Oen rai Daniel Brush commanding, began Its northern movement today. This force aa sumes the defensive In the exeeutlon of the land maneuvers. The Red army, under Commander Templln M. Potts, will em bark on transports on Thursday and pro ceed to the north coast, where It will begin an attack upon the Blues. The program permits a landing and an ad vance upon tho enemy at any point avail able between Sublg Bay and the Llng-iyen gulf. Nearly 10.000 troops will be engaged in the maneuvers. Major General William H. Duvall, the umpire, will depart for tha scene of activities on Friday. 4 Drop in the Parts of South In this city, where the temperature fell 'A dogrees since yesterday, It was 9 above zero this morning. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind . Feb. 16.-The heaviest snowfall of the year In central Indiana centered over Indlanxpoils lortur. Street car and railroad traffic was ini- I peded. GUTHRIE, Okl., Feb. Ifl. A snowstorm that struck central and western Oklahoma today has interfered with railroad traffic and telegraph and telephone service. Many Ires are down and the street car system in thla city Is unable to operate Its cars. At the State Agricultural department It Is predicated that there will be a heavy loss nf live stock on the ranges in western Oklahoma. The storm continued during the day. A high wind added to Its severity. SAYS MEDICINES ARE HARMLESS Tested All of Them on Himself Before Givinj to Patients. "DOCTOR" WITHOUT A LICENSE His Name is First Brought Into Case by Mrs. Hyde. GRAND JURY CONTINUES WORK Dr. . T. Twjsun, Who Snceeedrd Dr. Hyde In Care of Sick at Swope Home, Is Before Inquisitors. I . KANSAS CITY. Feb. 16,-How Cheaslng Hatred Chase Jordon, a colored man of Kansas City. Kan., who advertises him aelf as "minister Of medicines" medical doctor and doctor of liver and gall stones and minister, of herbN remedies componded by himself, obtained from 110,000 to $30,000 in about eight years for' doctoring members of tho Swopo family was told by the "doc tor here today. He as callad to give a deposition in the s'ander suit brought by Dr. B. C. Hyde against G. Paxton, executor, for the Swope estate. The "doctor'a" name was flrat brought Into the Swope cose when Mra. B. C. Hyde Issued a statement expressing oonfldonce In her husband's Innocence and raying that Chrlsman Swope used Jordan's remedies. Jordan gave his deposition after much pro test, as he claimed his ministering to the Swop8's had nothing to do with the caae. Jordan testified that his medicines were harmless "Yarbs' 'as he called them. He said they were compounded from roota and herbs obtained In foreign countries and dug In the woods In this vicinity. "But how could you tell whether these herbs were poisonous or not?" Attorney Frank P. Walsh asked him. "Why, that's easy," replied Jardan. "I'd chew them. If they didn't hurt me cer- taln,' they weren't poisonous and certainly they wouldn't hurt my potlen'ts. That's the theory work on." The herb man claims to be a South American. He was raised by a negro named Ell Jordan In Texas. There 19 no record of hla having a physician's licenaa In Kansas. Witnesses Before Grand Jury. Six witnesses testified at a short eesslon of the grand Jury today. They were. Dr. Q. T. Twyman, the Swope family physi cian; O. B. Gentry, a druggist of Indepen dence of whom Colonel Swopa purchased a . compound containing strychnine Beujamln Smith and R. B. Fie liter undertakers' as sistants who aided in the removal of Col one! Swope'a body from the vault; Sylves ter Spanglcr, Colonel Swope'a confidential agent, and John O. Paxton. Aa previously announced, the prelimin ary hearing of Dr. B. C. Hyde, Bet for tomorrow morning In Independence, will be continued by Prosecutor Conkllng. Tha continuance will probably be for one week. Word was received from Dra. Ludwlg Hoktoen. Victor Vaughn and Walter 8. Haines today that they would not arrive here until Saturday. Their testimony will probably not begin before the grand Jury until Monday. Twyman's Testimony Important. Dr. G. T. Twyman's testimony Is said to be of the greatest Importance, aa It haa a direct bearing on the death of Chrlsman Swope and the spread of typhoid fever in tho Swope home. Dr. B. C. Hydo treated the membera of the Swope family until after the death of Colonel Thomas H. Swope. When the nurses announced they would leave the house unless Dr, Hyde ceased hla treat ment of the patienta there, Dr. Twyman waa called, and it waa he who notified Dr. Hyda that his services were no longer de sired by the Swopes. Dr. Twyman waa summoned to appear In the office of Frank Walsh to give his deposition la the civil suit after ha haa been excused by the grand Jury. Misa Lucy Lee Swope alao waa subpoe naed today to give her deposition In tha suit brought by Dr. Hyde against John . Paxton for alleged alander. CHAMBERLAIN VISITS HOUSE Tariff Reformer Surprises Frlrnda by Walking; Into Commons and Taklna; Oath. LONDON, Feb. 10. For tha first time since he waa striken with paralysis years ago, Joseph Chamberlain put In an appear ance In the House of Commons today and took the oath as a member of the new parliament. The advent of the tariff re former created a surprise for the officials and members who were being rworn in. Mr. Chamberlain walked with difficulty. Mr. Chamberlain moved to the speaker's chair and shook hands wtth Mr. Lowther, after whlih he made his way alowly from the chamber, within which so many etir rlng eplhodes of his life have occurred. SNELL WILL IS OVERTURNED Court Decides la Favor of Hons Dials herltrd la Favor nf Grand I K Ircc. SPRINOFIELD, III., Feb. la-That Colo nel Thomas Snell waa of unsound mind I when he disinherited his aon, Richard j Snell, in favor of hla grandntece, Mabel Snell-McNamara, la the Judgment of the Illinois supreme court in a decision handed down today. The decision la the outcome of thre sensational trials held In Clinton, In which many lctlurs were read and the eccentricities of the millionaire described. i BUTTE MINES MAY SHUT DOWN Hoisting; Knularera Desert Pasta Because of Dispute vlti Mine Owners. Bl'TTK, Mont., F. b. 1H.-A shutdown of all mining operations In the Butte district la threatened by rraron of the action of a majority of the hoUtlng engltiers In de sisting their pouts today when concessions from the mine owners In the matter of JurlKilletlonal disputes wer not forth coming. The men Involved are members of tiia International Engineers union. No. 119.
